Le colonel Chabert (1994)

Note Générale:

6,9/10   

Réalisateur:

Yves Angelo

Scénaristes:

Yves Angelo (writer)
Jean Cosmos (writer)
(suite)

Date de sortie:

21 septembre 1994 (France)

Genre:

Drame | Histoire | Romance | Guerre

Intrigue:

Colonel Chabert has been severely wounded in the French-Russian Napoleonic war to the point that the medical examiner has signed his death certificate...

Plot Keywords:

Death Certificate | Napoleonic Wars | Battle | Lawsuit | Cavalry

Récompenses:

2 wins & 6 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Excellent

Ensemble

Gérard Depardieu	...	Chabert
Fanny Ardant	...	Countess Ferraud
Fabrice Luchini	...	Derville
André Dussollier	...	Count Ferraud
Daniel Prévost	...	Boucard
Olivier Saladin	...	Hure
Maxime Leroux	...	Godeschal
Eric Elmosnino	...	Desroches
Guillaume Romain	...	Simonin
Patrick Bordier	...	Boutin
Claude Rich	...	Chamblin
Jean Cosmos	...	Costaz
Jacky Nercessian	...	Delbecq
Albert Delpy	...	Notary
Marc Maidenberg	...	Servant
Romane Bohringer	...	Sophie
Valérie Bettencourt	...	Julie
Florence Guerfy	...	Client
Julie Depardieu	...	Mathilde
Isabelle Wolfe	...	Nun
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Olivier Py	...	Fencer (uncredited)

Réalisé par
Yves Angelo

Scénaristes (dans l'ordre alphabétique)
Yves Angelo		writer
Jean Cosmos		writer
Honoré de Balzac		novel
Véronique Lagrange		writer

Produit par
Jean-Louis Livi	....	producer
Bernard Marescot	....	executive producer

Image
Bernard Lutic

Montage
Thierry Derocles

Création des décors
Bernard Vézat

Création des costumes
Franca Squarciapino

Maquillage
Agathe Moro	....	hair stylist
Thi-Loan Nguyen	....	makeup artist
Thi Thanh Tu Nguyen	....	makeup artist

Directeur de production
Marc Vadé	....	unit production manager

Assistant réalisateur
Frédéric Blum	....	assistant director

Département Art
Michel Conche	....	on-set propmaster
Waldemar Weiss	....	construction coordinator

Technicien du son
Bernard Chaumeil	....	boom operator
Pierre Gamet	....	sound
Gérard Lamps	....	sound re-recording mixer
Eric Tisserand	....	sound mixer assistant

Cascadeur
Jacek Kadlubowski	....	stunts
Krzysztof Kotowski	....	stunts
Zbigniew Modej	....	stunts
Jacek Ryniewicz	....	stunt coordinator
Sylwester Zawadzki	....	stunts

Caméra et Département Electrique
Patrick de Ranter	....	Steadicam operator
Alain Ducousset	....	first assistant camera
Marc Koninckx	....	Steadicam operator
Olivier Martin	....	grip

Dpartement Editorial
Sylvie Petat	....	assistant editor

Département Musique
Philippe Cassard	....	musician: piano
Lluís Claret	....	musician: cello
Pierre Hantaï	....	musician: clavecin
Régis Pasquier	....	musician: violon
Major Péaud	....	conductor

Divers
Élizabeth Boorn	....	production secretary
Andrzej Tarasewicz	....	medical service

Companies de production

• Canal+
• DD Productions
• Film Par Film
• Orly Films
• Paravision International S.A.
• Sidonie
• Sédif Productions
• TF1 Films Production

Distributeurs

• October Films (1994) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Cine Company S.A. (Spain)
• PlayArte Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)

Autres Companies

• Auvidis  music publishing
• Musique de la Garde Républicaine  orchestra
• Travelling  music publishing

Autre(s) titre(s):

Colonel Chabert (USA)

Durée:

110 min

Pays:

France

Langue:

Français

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

1,85 : 1

Son:

Dolby

Classification:

Iceland:12 | Australia:M | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:7 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG

Lieux de tournage:

Abbaye du Moncel, Pontpoint, Oise, France

Société:

Canal+

Connexions:

Remake de Le colonel Chabert (1943)

Excellent

This is an unfortunately unrecognized classic.

The look is superb, the design, costumes etc are flawless, the post battle scenes and the cavalry charge are both chilling and exciting.

The characters are vivid and really human. Ardent is right and Fabrice Luchini as the lawyer Derville steals the movie with his clever pedantic rodent-like performance, delighting in the ups and downs of others' misfortunes. Depardieu is good but perhaps too large a presence for this role.

Where the film really excels is the story and also its changes from Balzac's novella. Those changes are editorial in that Balzac has lots of discussion on society and this film breaths with characters. Nevertheless Yves Angelo has retained the key ingredient, not just the missing man trying to regain his place in society but every character has to find their place in society: the Comte Ferraud is trying to buy a peerage, his wife (Ardent) comes from a lowly birth and when she was married to Colonel Chabert they achieved their position in the turbulence of post-revolutionary France. Everyone has something to lose in terms of status and that makes for a good drama as their objectives are in conflict with each other.

It also feels very modern: money is critical to buy status to reach power, but someone can go down as quickly as they go up. Derville enjoys the strategy, he has seen the worst of people he says to Chabert when he takes the case. This speech's original place is at the end of the novella as Balzac sums up the human comedy with huge irony.